The medal was caught by Bill Shaflucas, a hockey fan from Buffalo who was wearing three jerseys. Shaflucas took off two Team USA jerseys to reveal a yellow Sweden jersey – which went perfect with his new medal.

“He’s worked all his life for this medal and even if he doesn’t want it, his family might,” Shaflucas told BarDown. “If they don’t want it either, than they can still send it back to me haha. I’ll take it then.”

Given a chance to cool down before speaking with the media, Andersson still hadn’t changed his tune.

“I have a silver medal from the U18 Worlds and I haven’t checked it in two years,” said Andersson, explaining that he threw it to a fan that wanted the medal more than him.